Visual Studio Features

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This page of ReSharper options allows you to configure integration with Visual Studio features.

Commands & Menus


Override Visual Studio refactorings	Hides Visual Studio refactoring commands from the Edit menu and from context menus. Also, when you invoke a Visual Studio refactoring with a shortcut, the corresponding ReSharper refactoring will be used. Note that some keyboard shortcuts in the Visual Studio scheme override native Visual Studio refactoring shortcuts independently of this option.
Simplify Visual Studio menus	Hides Visual Studio native menu items that are overridden by ReSharper functionality, for example, Visual Studio's Organize Usings menu.

Visual Studio code analysis


Hide Visual Studio squiggles	This option is not available in Visual Studio versions older than 2015. If it is selected, Visual Studio's error highlighting in the editor is not displayed, only ReSharper's highlighting appears.
Hide Visual Studio light bulb	This option is not available in Visual Studio versions older than 2015. If it is selected, Visual Studio's Quick Actions (light bulb and screwdriver icons) are not shown separately but integrated into ReSharper's action list.
Merge Visual Studio light bulb actions into ReSharper action indicator	If it is selected, ReSharper does the following for each Visual Studio's quick action: If there is a similar ReSharper's quick-fix or context action, the Visual Studio's quick action is not displayed. If there are no similar ReSharper's action, the Visual Studio's action becomes available in the ReSharper's action list. You can recognize Visual Studio's quick actions by the special icon .

Tooltips


Replace Visual Studio tooltip	This option lets you replace Visual Studio symbol tooltips, which appear when you hover the mouse over code symbols in the editor (quick info), with ReSharper tooltips. You may want to disable this option if you prefer to see native Visual Studio tooltips or if you use Productivity Power Tools extension. Visual Studio and ReSharper tooltips basically provide similar information about the symbol you are hovering the cursor over. The Visual Studio tooltip is different in different Visual Studio versions. If you disable ReSharper Syntax Highlighting (by clearing the Color Identifiers checkbox on the Code Inspection \| Settings page of ReSharper options), ReSharper tooltips will also be disabled. This option does not affect C++. To replace Visual Studio tooltip for C++, use the corresponding option on this page.

Replace Visual Studio tooltip

You may want to disable this option if you prefer to see native Visual Studio tooltips or if you use Productivity Power Tools extension.

Visual Studio and ReSharper tooltips basically provide similar information about the symbol you are hovering the cursor over. The Visual Studio tooltip is different in different Visual Studio versions.

If you disable ReSharper Syntax Highlighting (by clearing the Color Identifiers checkbox on the Code Inspection | Settings page of ReSharper options), ReSharper tooltips will also be disabled.

C++ Tooltips


Replace Visual Studio tooltip for C++	This option lets you replace Visual Studio symbol tooltips in C++ code, similarly to the general tooltip option above. This option is enabled by default because ReSharper tooltip in C++ provides better syntax highlighting and symbol documentation:

Debugger DataTips


Replace Visual Studio DataTips with ReSharper DataTips	ReSharper can optionally replace the Visual Studio DataTips with its own DataTips, which have a number of distinctions: You can search for specific values in the current suspended-execution context. To do so, just start typing when the focus is in the DataTip. Note that the search will only find values in expanded nodes. The DataTip disappears not when you remove the mouse pointer, but when you click anywhere outside the DataTip. If a type neither has a meaningful `ToString()` override nor is it annotated with the `[DebuggerDisplay]` attribute, then the presentation of objects of this type in debugger views could be quite uninformative. In ReSharper DataTips, you can customize presentation of such objects on-the-fly. To do so, expand the type in the DataTip, right-click the desired data members and choose Highlight Property:

Replace Visual Studio DataTips with ReSharper DataTips

ReSharper can optionally replace the Visual Studio DataTips with its own DataTips, which have a number of distinctions:

You can search for specific values in the current suspended-execution context. To do so, just start typing when the focus is in the DataTip. Note that the search will only find values in expanded nodes.
The DataTip disappears not when you remove the mouse pointer, but when you click anywhere outside the DataTip.
If a type neither has a meaningful ToString() override nor is it annotated with the [DebuggerDisplay] attribute, then the presentation of objects of this type in debugger views could be quite uninformative. In ReSharper DataTips, you can customize presentation of such objects on-the-fly. To do so, expand the type in the DataTip, right-click the desired data members and choose Highlight Property:

Last modified: 15 March 2021